A quarter of the term just flew by! Just like the common maxim, "When you are having fun, time just flies." The weather is chilly, yet the warmth, mixed the potent toxic of friendship, brought upon many smiles. Lips were upturned when the first snowflakes touched our noses and eyelashes, we were like kids, "SNOWING!" excited, bubbly. Realized that happiness was so simple after all. Sometimes, we feel lost in a foreign country, and for those going overseas, or is somewhere far away from family, have faith. Life is not fair, we all know that. But it is what we make out of it that matters after all doesn't it? I once thought that my life was in shambles. Handcuffed, gagged, immobile, stuck in that vicious cycle. Most people thought my life was good, I must say, in retrospect, I was such a baby. Inability to keep up with work and being involved in a really unhealthy friendship seems like the end of the world then. Heck what was I thinking. Academic prowess is all that matters here somehow. People do remember you. Scoring first in faculty is phenomenal, securing second place is crazy. The academic pull is so strong, positive peer pressure. A definite sign here. Library is never empty, trust me. I popped in to grab my earphones at 1am, certainly not empty.
Some skeptics criticize the system, with that all too famous rejection letter to Oxford. Some argue that these universities are posh, too fancy, and pompous, so full of oneself. Students are reassured that they are the creme de la creme. True, you ask me? Yeah. This place is majestic, it is grand, but it is not arrogant. Those who misunderstand this place will say that, you are just saying that, you don't mean it. Then look, with brilliant supervisors who put you down from time to time, you will believe that you are just as normal as anyone else, at least for me. You learn to be humble, to know that you are not the world, nor any different from your course-mate. Yes, academic excellence mean the world here, but backstabbing rare, though I believe indirect inhibition to resources plentiful. This place is not perfect, and some comments, well-deserved.
A compendious summary of my current life then. History doesn't feel as bad as before. Friends are truly my supporting pillars and trust me, group studying helps. I finished my work in less than half the time I would take by working on it alone. Lost some rather exquisite, precious, okay I'm exaggerating, but yeah, I've lost one of my possession recently. =/ not happy about it. I don't wanna spend money getting a new one. I can pay my rent using that money!(rant rant rant, yanks hair out) There you go, smiles and sunshine(I want sunshine! and snow )
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